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How Cursor finds an Agent Skill

Decide whether one repeated job belongs in a Skill, then explain how Cursor discovers and selects it.

Step 1 of 3

Use a Skill when a repeatable job needs instructions and local files that Agent can run.

How Cursor uses a Skill

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diagram: flow

Discovery, selection and execution happen in that order.